Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- South Tyneside Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Restore Datashred Ltd SME
- Value
- £100,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Waste, cleaning & environmental · Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services (CPV 90000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 024485-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Mar 2026
- Published18 Mar 2026Published 17 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award via the ESPO Framework Framework Reference 981_23 Incumbent supply for Confidential Waste - Secure Shredding and Disposal
About the supplier
Restore Datashred Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09969408).